Too Close to the Sun
“She had spent the morning and afternoon of that Wednesday in the schoolroom of the Marren household, situated just over a mile away, teaching the couple’s twin sons, Edgar and Roger. With the impending excursion to relatives only days away, they had been less than attentive throughout their English and history lessons, and Grace was relieved when the school day had finally come to an end. At 3.30, for the last time as their teacher, she had said her goodbyes to the boys.
Now as she turned in at... the kitchen door from the rear yard of Bramble House she was met by the sight of her father sitting at the kitchen table with Mrs Tanner, the occasional charwoman, standing beside him, bending over his hand. Mrs Tanner turned her head and straightened as Grace made her appearance. Mr Harper said: ‘Here’s Our Gracious. She’ll do it.’ ‘What’s wrong?’ Grace said.
‘Just a bit of a splinter, that’s all,’ said Mr Harper. ‘But all the fuss and carrying on, you’d think it was half a plank.’ Mrs Tanner looked around as Grace entered the room and said with a sigh, ‘I’m glad you’re here, Grace.MoreLess
Now as she turned in at... the kitchen door from the rear yard of Bramble House she was met by the sight of her father sitting at the kitchen table with Mrs Tanner, the occasional charwoman, standing beside him, bending over his hand. Mrs Tanner turned her head and straightened as Grace made her appearance. Mr Harper said: ‘Here’s Our Gracious. She’ll do it.’ ‘What’s wrong?’ Grace said.
‘Just a bit of a splinter, that’s all,’ said Mr Harper. ‘But all the fuss and carrying on, you’d think it was half a plank.’ Mrs Tanner looked around as Grace entered the room and said with a sigh, ‘I’m glad you’re here, Grace.MoreLess
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